In his final race in North America, Ingemar Stenmark...

February 20, 1989

In his final race in North America, Ingemar Stenmark overtook Marc Girardelli to win a men`s World Cup giant slalom Sunday in Aspen, Colo. Stenmark, 32, who will retire after races in Japan next month, had a time of 2 minutes 16.40 seconds. He trailed Girardelli by .21 of a second after the first run, but was .33 of a second faster on the second run. It was Stenmark`s 86th World Cup victory. ``It means a lot to me because this is my last year of racing,`` Stenmark said. ``I think I`ve proven I can still ski well. I could hear the crowd cheering for me all the way down the course.``

- Michela Figini won her third consecutive World Cup women`s downhill, completing a weekend sweep in Lake Louise, Alberta. Figini`s time was 1:41.58 for her fifth victory in seven races this season. Maria Walliser was second in 1:41.82.

- Dan Jansen won the 500- and 1,000-meter races in a World Cup speedskating meet in Innsbruck, Austria. Jansen had a 37.38 in the 500 and was timed in 1:15.78 in the 1,000.

- A Swiss team won a World Cup four-man bobsled competition in Cervinia, Italy, edging an Austrian squad by less than half a second. Switzerland I, comprised of Gustuv Weder, Bruno Gerber, Lorenz Sclindelholz and Curdin Morell, won in 2:12.10. The Austria I team of Ingo Appelt, Jurgen Mandl, Gerhard Redl and Harald Winkler had a 2:12.44.

- Former Olympic diver Bruce Kimball will go to a Florida state prison in Daytona Beach to serve his 17-year sentence for killing two teenagers while driving drunk last summer. A prison official told the St. Petersburg Times that Kimball will be placed at the Tomoka Correctional Institution because

``they had the bed space.`` Kimball is at the Reception and Medical Center in Lake Butler, one of two facilities where prisoners are sent to be classified. Tom Fortner, chief classification supervisor at the center, said Kimball will be taken to Daytona Beach within two weeks.

- Formula One auto racer Nelson Piquet has been hospitalized after he fell and fractured a rib aboard a yacht in Viareggio, Italy. The three-time world Formula One champion skidded and fell on the deck. ``It`s a bad fracture. Doctors are keeping it under control because they fear that his lungs may be affected,`` said Piquet`s agent, Adriano Costa. ``His condition is not serious, however.`` Costa said the fracture could jeopardize Piquet`s participation in the opening race of season, the March 26 Grand Prix of Brazil.

- Light-heavyweight contender Michael Moorer, fighting in his hometown of Monessen, Pa., stopped Frankie Swindell in the sixth round. Moorer (14-0), staggered two rounds before by a right hand that closed his left eye, backed Swindell into the ropes with a combination, two right hands and a right-hand hook before referee Andy ``Kid`` DePaul stoppped the fight at 2:50. Swindell

(17-3) argued he wasn`t badly hurt and should have been allowed to continue because, ``he only hit me with a couple of punches. If they stopped it then, they should have stopped it a couple of rounds before.``

- Ade Mafe led Britain to a 1-2 finish in the men`s 200 meters and helped the Britons win four gold medals at the European Indoor Track and Field Championships in the Hague, Netherlands. Mafe was timed in 20.92, with John Regis second in 21.00. The two-day meet ended with Britain and the Soviet Union topping the gold-medal table with four each.

- Argentine-bred Bayakoa took the early lead and was never seriously challenged in upsetting Goodbye Halo by two lengths in the $300,000 Santa Margarita Handicap for older fillies and mares at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif. Time for 1 1/8 miles was 1:48 2/5.

- Xenia Anastasiadou, the two-time defending NCAA Division II women`s singles tennis champion from Cal Poly-Pomona, died from injuries suffered in an automobile accident. Her car was broadsided and split in two, according to a university spokesman.

- Trainer Albert Barrera says he`ll seek an injunction to be allowed to run horses in his name, a privilege he has been denied since one of his horses tested positive for cocaine after a Feb. 2 race at Santa Anita.